On or about 6/8/2005 2:01 PM, Joe Conner penned the following:
> Ed Jones wrote:
>
>>On or about 6/7/2005 4:53 PM, Ed Zollars, CPA penned the following:
>>
>>
>>>Sales wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>*Hi there,*
>>>>
>>>>* *
>>>>
>>>>*One of our clients says he is going nuts trying to print envelopes in
>>>>Open Office. Can you point us in the right direction?*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Can you tell us which version of OpenOffice.org you are using, the
>>>operating system they are running under and the printer they are using?
>>>Generally the problem is that you have to walk through a number of steps
>>>to get envelopes to print correctly. I'll summarize the Windows issue
>>>using an HP laser printer that I'm using.
>>>
>>>1. Go File->Insert Envelope
>>>
>>>2. Click the Format tab
>>>
>>>3. On the "Size" drop down list select the appropriate envelope size (A
>>>US Env. 10" in my case)
>>>
>>>4. Click the Printer tab
>>>
>>>5. Select the proper orientation for the envelope based on how your
>>>printer feeds an envelope (for an HP LJ 1200, it's a center feed with
>>>the short side entering the printer first)
>>>
>>>6. Select the "Setup" button
>>>
>>>7. In the resulting dialog box, Select the "Properties" button to get
>>>to the printer driver
>>>
>>>8. You need to tell the driver you are using the size paper you told
>>>OpenOffice.org about in step 3. This varies based on the printer. For
>>>the LaserJet 1200 PCL driver, you click the "Advanced" Button at the
>>>bottom of the screen, on the next screen select the paper size
>>>("Envelope 10" in my case), click OK, OK again and OK one more time.
>>>
>>>9. Now you can go back to the Envelope tab and fill in your proper
>>>address.
>>>10. I then select New Doc--and I have an envelope that will print in my
>>>printer. I make it a new document because I knew I was going to now
>>>save it as a template so I didn't have to go through this one more time
>>><grin>, but now could just use File->New->Templates and Documents,
>>>select my envelope template, and have all the above set up.
>>>
>>>There is no question this is more complex and error prone than it is in
>>>"that other" Office product. The key difference is that, unlike in
>>>Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org doesn't seem to get word to the printer
>>>driver that the paper size is now the envelope size.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I have found that none of the major word processors (WP, Word, OO) do
>>envelopes very easlily. I have been using a separate program called
>>"Labels Unlimited" version 2.0 which I bought years ago from Parson's
>>Technology. Works great on envelopes of ANY size.
>>
>>
>>
> Parson's Technology was bought out by Intuit years ago.
>
>
Didn't know. Anyhow 2.0 still works great even with Windows XP sp2.
Does all I need including bar codes.
--
Ed
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